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Tea Cup SlingsHOT

I like drinking tea and during a normal working day I enjoy different kind of tea. However, there is one thing that always bothers me after I poured hot water in my cup and the tea bag has turned the

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Drink coffee – be open-minded !

It is a well know fact that caffeine can improve our attention and enhance cognitive performance. Especially in the morning (or in the late afternoon) a cup of coffee removes fatigue and pushes our motivation to start/continue working hard in

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The Prime Minister cup

Be careful, the title does not read the “Prime Minister’s cup”. I am going to write about a tea cup (mug) on which the heads of all post-war Japanese Prime Ministers from the past (including the current one) are drawn.

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Don’t drink and fly

This slogan does not only apply to pilots, but to all passengers on a plane. Of course you can enjoy a few glasses of alcohol. However, take care that drinking booze in an airplane that flies at 10 km of

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How about a beer after doomsday?

According to newspaper articles (like this), doomsday will take place tomorrow Dec. 21, 2012. Prognosticator are quite sure about the date, but differing about how the apocalypse will look like. While some talk about huge flooding or Earthquakes, most of

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Spicy recommendation XXIX

After a longer time of visiting more or less average restaurants that serve spicy food I had the chance to go to Tachikawa area today. A 15 minutes walk south(-east) wards from Tachikawa station brings you in a less crowded

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The tea bag misunderstanding

Tea bags are very convenient since you can boil as much tea as you want by selecting a proper number of bags. Since the tea is portioned in these bags, there is no messing around and you don’t need to

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Air Orangina

Almost exactly six months ago I posted about the product placement of Orangina on the Japanese market. However, even during the hot summer the soft drink was selling not really well and you could always find bottles in supermarket being

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Oktoberfest times eight

Oktoberfest is a two week festival held annually in Munich, Germany, running usually from late September to the first weekend in October. Millions of people are attending this event, which does not only attract locals but is also visited by

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About the popularity of tomato juice on an airplane

Every time when I fly on-board an airplane I see many people ordering tomato juice from the stewardess. I have been always wondering why tomato juice, which hardly anyone would order in a restaurant,  is so popular during a plane ride?

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